Automobile.



O. E.,GIBSON.

AUTOMOBILE. APIfLIO ATION FILED APB.'16, 1910. RENEWED JULY 29, 1914.

1; 1 1 1,01 8, Q Patented Sept. 22, 1934.

INVENTOR. I Cecil E.Gibso+\ ATTIORNEY. I

1 had tothe accompanying drawings 3 'lhe -object of thisinvention isto1m rove theconstruction of commercial or de 1 ery ntomohilesso as to:render. them more' con ivenieht to use and voperate in cities.

One feature ofth'e invention consistsin placing the engineahd seat atthe rear end ofiithe bodyor bed so that the'vehiclewilL be practicallyall in front of thedriver and he can see betterhow tooperateit in acity' crowded witlr' vehiclesand while turning. corners of streets andidle s, and avoid collisions. This is peculiar y desirable withcommercial automobiles having lon bodies or beds. It is often necessarythat t e body or bed be long to enable it to carry certain kinds ofmerchandise; Another advantage from this arrangement is that the bed maybe free for the reception ofmerchandise from the extreme forward endback to the seat at the extreme rearward end. It is free from a dashnear the seat or drivin ,mech-" anism, or other -means whichwoul inter-'fere with its use for receiving-and holding merchandise. Along with theforegoing is the further idea of mountingthe seat over theengine, andboth the seat and engine over or slightly above and to the rear of therear axle. This puts-all four of the wheels in view of the driver.

Another feature of the invention in hinging the seat at one endand'detachably fastening it at the other end, so that it may be liftedand turned up by the driven while in the vehicle to render the engine'accessible. Also, the engine is placed at the extreme rear end of thebody, and a hi ed I50 tical lines so as to render the same'as com-'end-gate is provided so that it can be rea ily turned down by a personstanding behind,

the vehicle to renderthe engine a 'ble to a person so situated. Allthese fea ures have for their-aim and object the improvement ofcommercial automobiles along pracmercially useful aspossible. v Thenature of the invention will be un; derstoed from the accompanyingdrawing;

6 and the following description and claims.

In the "drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevafl ctuation-a umni Patentdpplicatlhn 1 910,; Sci-idle; 555.86%

P N QEEI -Q enema emson, ormnmzuronxs. nvnmnaq lion'thejautohidbileiwith the pflied ,.central verticallongitudinal'section,from i. ckialmostto the'seat at the i- 611 '-\Fig-. 2 isacentral'gvertical section of with the end-gate turned down to render theview of the rear. end of the b0 y showing the box -containin'gthe engine.with the seat turned up out of the way and the end-gate turned down torender thelengineaccessible, the normal position of the'seat beingindicated by dottedv lines. i r i There is' shown in'the drawingsanauto;mobile body' or bed 10 carried'Zbyj front'l 'wheels- 11 nearthe? frontend, and rear 'fromfanything in" it to interfere with re end back to theseat'l.

end of the body or bed overthe engine 15. andabove-the'rear axle. 'Awall 16- isse curedv in front'of the. engine beneath. the front edge ofthe-seat. -A gate 17v is atthe extreme rear end of the engine portion ofthe body, it being hinged'at- 18 at its lower end to the body and foldsup against the ends of the side boards'of the body and at its upper endis detachablywonnected by fasteners '19 with the body.or "bed of thevehicle. This renders the end-gate readily operable by onestandingbehind the vehicle, sothat it may be opened'and the engine madeaccessible to aperson standing on the street. The seat 14 is hingedatone end by the hinges 119 at that-it may be turned up. to one side bya thus the engine be rendered accessible tohim. When turned down itsfree end is detachably' fastened to the body 'or bed by the fastener 20.The operating levers 21 and are located near'the rear end of the vehicleand outside the body or bed thereof so that the-bed is free from theseat to the extreme forward end. Any suitable power transmitting anddriving means may be employed as concerned. Y I From the foregoingexplanation and illustration in Fig. 1, it is obvious that the driverhas ,full view of the wheels of the vehicle and the body or bed and theeontents-thereof, 7

E -tfiewtmdpn a omewhat ea and wheels 12 near therear'end. The bed? isrela- "tively'verylong to adapt'it for use carry I 'ing'all'imerchandiseand it is entirely free.

c'eiving merchandise from the extreme-front The seat 14Iis located atthe extreme rear i=4:

one side of the body or bed of'the vehicle, so I, i

person standing in the bed of the vehicle and that is immaterial so faras this invention is the same being always in front of him. He

is, therefore,-enabled to see howto guide his automobile to avoidcollision with either sta- "tionaryobjects'or the other vehicles, whichis'a matter of very serious importance in operatm commercial automobiles1n the cities. y placing the seat over the engine and both at theextreme rear end of the bed and over, the rear 'axle', said parts of theautomobile are made compact and limited to the extreme end of the body,and the body is le'ft free from the seat to the forward end, formerchandise, and the driver sits with his feet in the compartment occuped by the merchandise, so that he can read? get up and walk to any partof the bed for. handling the merchandise. Also, the engine is renderedreadily accessible to hilnf'by the front seat being over the engine, andat the same time the engine is accessible "to one standingratthe rear ofthe automobile.

Whzit I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:5 t

1. An automobile including a vehiclebody open from end tog'end for thereceipt ofmer- I \Vitnesses:

chandise or the like, front and'rear wheels and axles for supportingsaid vehicle body, an engine atthe extreme'rear end of the automobilebody and substantially over the rear axle, a drivers seat located overthe .3 engine and opening into the bed, and means near the seat forcontrolling the engine and the direction of the automobile. v

2. An automobile including a bed adapted to receive merchandise, anengine at'the rear 3 E IL E. GIBSON G. H. 135m,

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